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Anyone running for a seat on the district council or city or municipal council must meet the eligibility criteria. Proof of this must be provided when submitting nominations.

As a citizen of the European Union living in Germany, you can vote in the European elections if you are registered on the electoral roll.

If you have German citizenship, are entitled to vote and are returning to Germany from abroad, you can have yourself entered on the electoral roll for the
European elections if the requirements for registration are not met ex officio.

As a German citizen, you can also register on the electoral roll for the European elections if you live abroad.

For the European elections, you will be entered on the electoral roll as a German citizen, either ex officio or on application.

You can find out how the result of a European election is determined here.

You can stand for election to the European elections yourself. This is linked to your eligibility, among other things.

They may be excluded from participation in the European elections.

If the electoral roll for the European elections contains incorrect information, you can have this corrected.

You can view the electoral roll for the European elections.

You can find out how the European elections are conducted here.

Nominations for local elections may be amended up to the deadline for submission. Election proposals may be withdrawn until they are approved. The responsible election committee decides on the approval of the nominations.

Before each election, the municipal electoral authority draws up a voters' register for each electoral district, in which all eligible voters are entered.

If data in the electoral roll is incorrect, an application for correction can be submitted to the municipal electoral authority.

inspect the electoral roll to check the accuracy and completeness of the data entered about them.

The municipal electoral authority draws up a voters' register for each electoral district before each election. You can only exercise your right to vote if you are entered in the electoral roll.

Election results are determined in the constituency by the electoral committee and subsequently the election result in the constituency by the district electoral committee and the election result in the state by the state electoral committee.

Participation in state parliamentary elections must be reported to the state electoral administration under certain conditions. Notification of participation by parties is reviewed by the state electoral committee.

inspect the electoral roll to check the accuracy and completeness of the data entered about them.

Are you eligible to vote in the state election in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and would like to vote by mail or on Election Day in a different polling place within your electoral district? If so, you will need a voter registration card.

If a district electoral committee rejects a district nomination in whole or in part, any representative of the rejected nomination, the district returning officer and the state returning officer may lodge a complaint by 6 p.m. on the 45th day before the election.

The right to vote, the eligibility to vote and the grounds for exclusion from the right to vote and from eligibility to vote in state parliamentary elections must be established.

If data in the electoral roll is incorrect, an application for correction can be submitted to the municipal electoral authority.

Citizens entitled to vote who, on election day, lead the election proceedings as election assistants in the election committees and determine the provisional election results in the electoral district.

Every citizen who is entitled to vote can register as a poll worker.